Moderate
rain throughout the morning didn't dampen the spirits of volunteers
during a cleanup in Bald Eagle State Forest on March 29, 2003.
They met at the trailhead parking lot on Rte. 235 and carpooled
to the site.
Local
residents joined members of the Mifflin County chapter of PA CleanWays,
Agway Energy Products of Burnham, D & M Grove Sanitation of Mount
Union, and forestry personnel to remove 1.5 tons of trash and debris,
42 tires and over 200 pounds of scrap metal. The 15 volunteers donated
a total of 60 hours to the cleanup effort.
The hardy group
bagged the trash and a winch truck pulled the bags and heavy
items up the slope. The trash and tires were separated and
placed into rolloffs for proper disposal and the scrap metal
was recycled.
Bald Eagle State Forest Cleanup Team
Agway Energy Products of Burnham
Bald Eagle State Forest Employees
Best Way Pizza, Beaver Springs
D & M Grove Sanitation of Mount Union
Local Volunteers
Mifflin County Solid Waste Authority
PA CleanWays of Mifflin County
Penn Turf of Hollidaysburg
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The rain stopped
long enough to allow everyone to enjoy pizza and sodas from
the tailgate of a pickup truck before resuming the cleanup
process.
The
rocky slope, heavily littered with trash, appliances, furniture,
tires, and debris, has now been restored to its natural beauty.
Boulders were placed at the site by the forest district as
deterrents to future dumping. The site will be monitored to
watch for any future dumping activity. (To view a before/after
photo, roll your mouse cursor over the image below.)
DCNR encourages
Mifflin County residents with disposal and recycling questions
to contact the Mifflin County Recycling Coordinator at 717-242-3301.
Bald
Eagle State Forest acreage is located in Centre, Clinton,
Mifflin, Snyder and Union counties. It includes seven natural
area and four state parks. It was named for the famous Indian
Chief Bald Eagle and comprises 195,624 acres in the ridge
and valley section of the state, with sandstone ridges rising
up to 2,300 feet above sea level. The many streams in the
area have their origin in the forest and flow in several directions,
eventually emptying into the Susquehanna River, with one-third
of the acreage serving as public watershed.
Learn
about other
illegal dump sites in state forests and parks.
This page last updated June 12, 2003.
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